

The outcome is a high quality, vibrant coloured print that is extremely durable and long lasting. The inks contain a ‘fusing agent’, so when the design has been printed and heat pressed on the garments, the ‘fusing agent’ enables the inks to permanently adhere to the fibres of the fabric. Put simply, DTG printers are bigger versions of your desktop inkjet printer (with specially tested water based inks) but instead of taking paper, they can take t-shirts, or other garments, as the print media. So to confirm if it is possible, we would need to check your design before we could proceed with any printing. The colour of garments best suited to this DTG printer are whites, but it can also print onto light pastel colours dependent on the design. However, the process for DTG is so quick and easy to do, that small quantities are now possible for those of you who just want a few items produced as opposed to set minimums. for screen printing, doing small quantities was just not worth the time and expense. In the past, because of the long process in creating the films, screens, etc. Garments can be printed using multi-coloured images (instead of spot colours associated with screen printing), and the fact that you don’t need to have, or pay for, separations, films and screens – you quickly see the advantages of the DTG method.įurthermore, as printers ourselves we don’t have to turn away those of you who want smaller quantities. Multicoloured logos, CMYK or photographic designs.ĭTG printing is a relatively new print process, however it does have a number of advantages over screen printing.Small volume jobs below the 20 piece minimum we have for screen printing.One-off samples for client meetings or press events.

We are skilled at selecting the best print process for the job.Ĭompare with other t shirt printing methods When to use DTG printing? Normally, Indigo will take a look at your design and tell you which print technique will produce the best results. A majority of the printing Indigo Clothing does for clients is screen printing but from time to time certain designs are better suited to using the When in comes to printing techniques, digital or Direct-To-Garment ( DTG) is a relatively new process.
